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Technology meetups are just going to inherently be about networking for jobs, IMO. The self-interest is just not alignable. * Noob goes to event to learn a
by inanutshellus 1y ago
Technology meetups are just going to inherently be about networking for jobs, IMO. The self-interest is just not alignable.
* Noob goes to event to learn and network.
* Journeyman goes for networking and hopefully learn a bit but mostly doesn't get much out of it.
* Expert learns nothing. Goes to network / advertise.
* Meetup is sponsored by local recruiting firm.
Meanwhile the local knitting group is
* Work on the project you'd've done alone on your couch
* Chat while you do it instead of alone on your couch
* When you get stuck, group encourages and guides in real time.
* Meetup is sponsored by the yarn and craft supply biz yer meeting in.
The latter group is entirely self-sufficient, self-sustaining, and self-managing. The former is a slow-burn tutorial that you can now do more efficiently via YouTube and chatbot.
- happymellon 1y agoYou basically want a makers meetup. * Come discuss problems you are having with your code * Join in a Hackathon to see if the group can make progress on a predefined issue or project. * Learn a new language, everyone pulls a language from a bucket and sees if they can make Game of Life. Limitations require that at least one person there that knows the language enough to help with getting someone going We had one of those for about 6 months, and I loved it. However finding spaces that would host us was hard.
- inanutshellus 1y ago"Let's create something on the fly right now" events, just like the knitting group! Sounds like a winning plan. Just need to hook the local recruiting companies to fund the office space. :-)